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ANTWERP, Belgium; MIDLAND, Mich. (2009, March 5) – BASF SE (BASF) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced today that the world’s largest commercial-scale propylene oxide (PO) plant and the first based on the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by BASF and Dow  has completed its start-up phase and is running stably. Both companies are very satisfied with the performance of the new process which is regarded as a historical milestone in PO production. This HPPO complex, with a capacity of 300,000 metric tons PO per year located at BASF’s site in Antwerp, Belgium, provides economies of scale, a reduction of wastewater and lower energy usage. (Source)